trans woman here first before someone else says it less kindly tranny is not a nice word friends of mine have been physically attacked to the sound of that word its associated with bigotry and violence second its pretty common for straight men to have a thing for trans women which is why theres so much porn featuring us often produced under exploitative and cruel conditions but so many of us are forced out of regular employment that desperation leads to sex work gay men really arent interested because well were women but straight men with an interest in trans women tend to be secretive about it for fear of being deemed less manly